Word: lukewarm
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...tentative program is a discussion of the shipping problem-the matter on which he met defeat in the last Congress. A fourth possibility is the World Court. This point, Senator Watson admitted, Mr. Harding had not discussed with his advisors. It is evident that Republican leaders are at best lukewarm in seconding the suggestion for a World Court. They are evidently very dubious of the advisability of such a move. It yet remains to be seen whether the President will override their hesitancy and take the lead on his own initiative. The trend of Republican opinion seems definitely...
...World Court is significant. Assuming that there will be ten Republican members in the total of 16, as during the last session, six of them will be irreconcilables-Johnson, Borah, Brandegee, Moses, McCormick, and Pepper -all of whom bitterly opposed the League of Nations; two will be lukewarm, Wadsworth and Lodge, who, although against the League of Nations, may very likely support the President's proposal unless popular opinion takes another trend; the two remaining places are not yet filled. In any event the irreconcilables have a sure majority...
...develop fully a Harvard team worthy of the name, is a two months' job; but to develop an undergraduate support worthy of that team ought not to take anything like the time. Lukewarm cheering, poor attendance, lack of interest in the games inevitably have an effect on the team. In the past when such difficulties have been encountered they have been due largely to a lack of organization among the student body...
...Neighborhood Playhouse, which had its first showing last night, will find a play so vigorous, so relentless in its determination to picture life, that they are almost certain either to have a positive opinion about it, one way or another. They are not likely to leave it lukewarm...
...combination of causes rather than to any one cause, though some are undoubtedly more important than others. I do not think that the admission requirements or the arrangements of vacations, or any reputation of being a "sissy" place are very important causes, though they may have some weight. "The lukewarm reception which is only too frequently given to school and college teams visiting us" I believe is an important cause. Another important factor that explains to some extent why Exeter, Andover and other schools are sending more and more of their men to Yale and Princeton, is that Yale...